1.1.26
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.1.26
असमवायात् सामान्यकार्यं कर्म न विद्यते
asamavāyāt sāmānyakāryaṃ karma na vidyate
The line
An action is not found as a common effect, because it does not inhere in many substances.
नेपालीमा
कर्म साझा कार्यका रूपमा पाइँदैन, किनकि त्यो धेरै द्रव्यमा समवाय हुँदैन।
Where it sits
The list in 1.1.25 is what a common effect looks like. This line keeps action off that list. The reason is inherence, samavāya (समवाय), the relation used in the definition of substance.
Split: a-samavāyāt (अ-समवायात्) + sāmānya-kāryam (सामान्य-कार्यम्) + karma (कर्म) + na (न) + vidyate (विद्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| a-samavāyāt (अ-समवायात्) | ablative singular, masculine | because of non-inherence. An action does not inhere in many substances at once. |
| sāmānya-kāryam (सामान्य-कार्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | a common effect. An effect of more than one, the kind just named. |
| karma (कर्म) | nominative singular, neuter | an action. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| vidyate (विद्यते) | present, third person singular, middle | is found. |
The phrases
1.1.17 said an action is ekadravya, in one substance. A common effect such as conjunction belongs to more than one. An action cannot be that kind of effect, because it would have to inhere in the many, and it does not.
na vidyate is the same phrase as 1.1.11.
Sanskrit in this line
a-samavāya (अ-समवाय) is the negation of inherence in the many. The ablative is because. sāmānyakāryam (सामान्यकार्यम्) agrees with karma (कर्म).
Say it back
What feature of action, from 1.1.17, makes this line true?